Former President George W. Bush's White House portrait is seen at left, as members of the US Marine Band play holiday music during a press tour of White House Christmas decorations in November 2021.

According to former White House curator Betty Monkman, the tradition of privately funding the presidential portrait by the nonprofit White House Historical Association began in the 1960s under ...

By Betsy Klein, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less ...